Daily Mail (UK),
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Dozens of restaurants and businesses across New York City are closing their doors ahead of the Christmas holiday after the Big Apple became the epicenter of the latest Covid-19 wave fueled by the Omicron variant. Following SantaCon celebrations during the weekend, the city logged a record 21,908 casesâa slight increase over the previous record of 21,027 cases reported the day beforeâand in response, a host of eateries have closed. At least 50 restaurants have closed across New York City's five boroughs, including Boilermaker in Manhattan's Lower East Side, whose Sippin' Santa annual holiday pop-up cocktail bar is a seasonal favorite. Contento, the popular East Harlem eatery,
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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The U.S. has had a massive surge in immigration this year, with as many as 1.5 million newcomers and a record 46.2 million foreign-born people, according to a report for the Center for Immigration Studies. After a deep trough last year, likely because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel and migration restrictions imposed to control the spread, the flow of people rebounded around the time President Biden was elected. In numbers never seen before, they are coming legally through airports and land border crossings and illegally across the Rio Grande and remote regions of Arizona and California.(Snip)As it stands, 14.2% of the U.S. population
WPIX-TV [New York, NY],
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Kristine Garcia
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New YorkâTwo popular Broadway shows in New York City have canceled performances until after Christmas due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases. âHamiltonâ announced Monday performances for the week have been canceled. More information on upcoming performances will be announced as soon as possible. The Broadway show had also canceled several shows last week. âAladdin,â which was the first Broadway show to cancel several shows in September due to COVID, also announced Monday that performances through Dec. 25 have been canceled.(Snip)Tickets for both shows will be refunded at the point of purchase. Earlier this month, several other Broadway shows temporarily went dark and canceled performances over breakthrough cases
KING-TV [Seattle, WA],
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Amy Moreno
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SeattleâA frustrated Seattle business owner says she's tired of dealing with break-ins and threats to her customers and workers.
Sheâs reaching out to nearby businesses to see if they want to band together to create a safer environment in their community.(Snip)Vanessa Daiger owns Woodland Coffee in the Ballard neighborhood and says in the five years theyâve been open, things have gotten worse. The last few weeks have taken a sudden turn.
âI've never seen it like this,â Daiger said. Daiger said employees donât feel safe walking to work and they had a recent sex crime occur inside the shop. âFor me, to have to call the police
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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The federal governmentâs coronavirus spending spree turned out to be a snow jobâliterally. One Utah county spent more than $200,000 of its COVID-19 cash to make snow on a hill for sledding. Auditors said Uintah County bought six snow guns at $20,000 each, along with snowcats and pipes, and paid $3,000 in shipping costs, all authorized by a single county commissioner. Local politicians told the Uintah Basin Standard they were coming up on a deadline to either use the cash or give it back to the state, so they needed a reason to spend.(Snip)Sen. Joni Ernst on Monday dedicated her December âSqueal Award,â which highlights ridiculous
Daily Mail (UK),
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Sarah Sotoodeh
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Tracy Wright
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Andy Cohen allegedly had COVID-19 for the second time, according to TMZ. The Bravo host and Executive Producer reportedly had COVID two weeks ago and quarantined at home for 10 days and has since tested negative, per the outlet. Andy, 53, is reportedly fully vaccinated against the virus, which helped reduce his symptoms.(Snip)His reported second bout with COVID-19 comes just seven days after production of season 12 of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills came to a grinding halt after Lisa Rinna, Garcelle Beauvais and Erika Jayne all tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple reports, including People. The stars were all vaccinated and the symptoms
Associated Press,
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Lolita C. Baldor
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WashingtonâWarning that extremism in the ranks is increasing, Pentagon officials are issuing detailed new rules prohibiting service members from actively engaging in extremist activities. The new guidelines come nearly a year after some current and former service members participated in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, triggering a broad department review. Senior defense officials tell The Associated Press that fewer than 100 military members are known to have been involved in substantiated cases of extremist activity in the past year, but they warn that the number may grow given recent spikes in domestic violent extremism, particularly among veterans. Officials said the new policy doesnât largely change what is prohibited,
Daily Mail (UK),
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Morgan Phillips
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White House chief of staff Ron Klain doubled down on the White House's doomsday warning for the unvaccinated on Monday. 'We are intent on not letting Omicron disrupt work and school for the vaccinated. You've done the right thing, and we will get through this,' said White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients in a press briefing. 'For the unvaccinated, you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm.'(Snip)The White House has attempted to shift messaging away from case counts and towards severe illness. 'We're getting to the point now where⊠it's about severity,' said Xavier Becerra,
Daily Mail (UK),
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Keith Griffith
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Israel on Monday added the United States to its 'no-fly' list, citing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
Under the edict, which goes into effect on Tuesday, Israelis would need special permission to fly to the United States, now one of more than 50 countries to which its citizens cannot travel. Few other countries have red-listed the US amid the Omicron surge, though roughly 50 countries have effectively sealed their borders to all non-citizens, including Australia, China, Russia and Japan, as well as many small island nations.(Snip)Any Israeli passport holders returning from a banned country would have to isolate on arrival,
Washington Times,
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Tom Howell Jr.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday he tested positive for the coronavirus as part of routine testing, joining members of Congress on the roster of high-profile politicians who caught the pathogen amid a winter surge. âThis morning, as part of my regular testing routine, I received a positive rapid test for COVID-19. I have been vaccinated and boosted, and I am feeling fine at the moment,â Mr. Hogan, a Republican, tweeted. âAs the omicron variant becomes dominant, I want to urge you to get vaccinated or get your booster shot as soon as possible.â He joins Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory A. Booker of New Jersey
Daily Mail (UK),
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Stacy Liberatore
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Epicenter, a Stockholm-based startup, unveiled a new way of carrying around a COVID vaccine passportâin a microchip implanted under your skin. The implant can be read by any device using the near-field communication (NFC) protocolâtechnology used for contactless payments and keyless entry systems. In a video shared by Epicenter, Hannes Sjöblad, chief distribution officer, has the chip in his arm and simply waves a smartphone over it to pull up his vaccination status. 'Implants are very versatile technology that can be used for many different things, and right now it is very convenient to have COVID passport always accessible on your implant, he said in a statement.
Daily Mail (UK),
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James Gordon
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A newly-ordained pastor from Chicago is dressing up in drag in order to lead church services with children. Aaron Musser, who was ordained this summer, can be seen addressing children from a pulpit in his church dressed in a blonde wig, white dress, and makeup before spreading the word of the Lord to children at his parish at St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square.(Snip)The announcement noted that 'Seminarian Aaron' would be 'preaching in drag!' adding that the church wanted everyone 'to wear garments/accessories that make you feel 100%, like the best version of yourself.' Musser writes openly about incorporating 'Queerness' into his teachings
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The children in the photo all appear to be Asian, and with a tuition of $26,700, there probably aren't many if any black kids in there. The kids are being taught by Marxists to hate White people, which jives with the ethos of our federal government, but the tykes will still wonder why it's only bLACK people who assault them at random on the street.